Enhancing change management

By aligning the organisation with its specific success factors, KMV achieved considerably higher sales and stronger margins during a year characterised by many external challenges.

Change management

KMV’s MD, Mattias Nettelbladt, came into the picture in 2020. Under his leadership, extensive change management has been conducted aimed at aligning the organisation with the company’s specific success factors for development and profitable growth.

Commitment and participation
A large proportion of the initial work was concentrated on creating an understanding of the actual change required, and of the fact that the journey towards the goal must not be rushed. Open discussions and arguments have resulted in a close-knit and multi-faceted management team, where individuals are able to benefit from each other’s strengths and experiences. Starting from the management team, the lessons are then distributed throughout the entire organisation.

Structured marketing work
The marketing and sales function has been reinforced with additional resources. Most significant for the development of the organisation, however, is the increased understanding of the value that KMV can create for its customers and the way the knowledge can be managed and converted into business deals.

Production Lift
During the year, KMV has worked on development activities linked to Production Lift. This is a tried and tested development programme that runs for 18 months. The purpose is to strengthen the company’s capacity for renewal and increased competitiveness, based on its own conditions. Key elements of the programme include leadership, values, working methods and improvement work. The working methodology is aimed at creating consensus and energy regarding what needs to be achieved. The activities are initially implemented on a small scale to make it possible to learn and understand, before being spread to the business at large, thereby establishing a new working method.

Job tracks for young individuals and new arrivals
For KMV, as for many industrial colleagues, the recruitment of new employees is pretty much a constant challenge. Kungsör Municipality is running the Job Tracks initiative, which KMV is a part of. Using a combination of training and work placements, young and newly arrived individuals are given the opportunity to take the step into working life and gain meaningful employment. For KMV, this is a good way of securing the provision of skills, and the company currently has three employees who joined via Job Tracks.

Facts about KMV
Place of business: Number of employees: Sales: Growth 2022:		Kungsör (SE) 23 SEK 66 million +31%
Business activities: Specialist in long hole drilling. Complete partner within advanced mechanical processing of metal. Manufactures products such as cylinders, piston rods and propeller shafts, for example for the mining, hydraulics, energy, processing and offshore sectors in the Nordic region.